Some parts of being in Brazil can be very frustrating.
When we went to the interview last night, I discovered that this was for an entirely different school than I originally thought. Then, when the person was not there who was supposed to interview me, my nerves fried. Its been a pretty stressful process, and not knowing all of the information does not really help.
So, this interview, which might take place tomorrow, is for the Federal University of Piaui. I am not sure what I would be doing there (besides something to do with English), and I am not sure of much else, either.
I love being vague. Perhaps more precisely; I love having a life based in vague "maybes," and not being sure of much more than what will happen today (if even that).
My hope is that the sarcasm of the former paragraph is not viewed by the reader to darkly. Yes, this can be frustrating, but I actually enjoy most of it. I am just to the point where I want to be able to say "This is our plan: ...." and have something to say, instead of just "..."
So, at this point, I am not sure what else to say. Part of me feels like quitting, but I don't really have anything to quit, so I guess I will just keep plugging along. [There goes that sarcasm again...]
Meanwhile, I will wait until next Friday at 11 AM our time for the "interview."
Carnaval begins tomorrow.
So, you are covered in all of this. We'll continue to pray.
ReplyDeleteThat is so bizarre! I don't understand what has changed since I was in Brazil... I wonder if it relates to politics or something. When I was living there, I felt that I walk up to to any language school and get a job. Obviously it has nothing to do with me because they didn't even really interview me... just the fact that I was an American seemed to be enough for them to be interested. WEIRD! Obviously some sort of phenomenon has sweeped the area - I wouldn't be surprised if it has something to do with hard feelings toward America due to the Iraq situation. Even when I was there, there was a little animosity regarding this.
ReplyDeletePhil, I am not sure what is up. If I knew I would tell you.
ReplyDeleteI have not experienced any animosity with regard to Iraq, or anything. It could be that I want to do this all leagal like (which costs them more), but at the same time, as soon as I went to the Universities, they wanted to interview me.
I just went two weeks ago to these Universities, and have interviewd at one already, and the other coming up.
Its strange. I guess this second one is interested in more than just my English skills, as well, which has me pretty nervous (okay, very...).
To mom, and all of you praying: Thank you so much. It means a LOT to us.
Just hang in there Karl, and keep trusting God... He will never let you down. It may not turn out the way we would like - purely from our perspective - but, He still will never let us down. We will keep praying.
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